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Helio Fred Garcia
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Author, The Trump Contagion; Words on Fire; The Agony of Decision; The Power of Communication. Co-author of Reputation Management. President, Logos Consulting Group. Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern Exec MBA and MS in PR; Columbia Engineering. 🫘
Reposted by Helio Fred Garcia
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I was very fortunate. My mentor of 25 years - and best man at my wedding despite being 34 years older than me - was a protege of both Bertrand Russell and Dewey. I read Dewey in his course Philosophical Foundations of Education. Dewey became one of my heroes - as did Russell.
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Indeed. When I was a grad student at Columbia the primary classroom in the philosophy department had a long oval wooden table, a dozen or so leather wing backed chairs, and a giant oil painting of Dewey, persistently looking down at us….
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM